Museum catalogue: Inuit Art Collection
Carving
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Accession no.: | Y: 2005/7/32a-b | ||||||
Title: | Carving | ||||||
Description: | Carving, Walrus Head, soapstone on base. Artist: probably Jamasie Teevee (1910-1985). Kimmirut (Lake Harbour)/Kinngait (Cape Dorset), Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, 1961. | ||||||
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Number of items: | 2 | ||||||
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Carving (a): Carving (a) of a walrus head in brown/green flecked soapstone with circular depressed eyes and carved mouth. Two pointed ivory tusks are glued into holes each side of mouth. Two metal rods on white plastic? and wood rectangular base (b) correspond to holes on flat underside of walrus head. Rectangular white paper label glued and taped to underside of walrus: "Walrus head by Jamasee Lake Harbour H: 2 1/4; white square paper label: "23". Labels glued and taped to bottom of base: square white paper "23"; circular orange paper "6"; rectangular white/blue paper "139". base (b): Carving (a) of a walrus head in brown/green flecked soapstone with circular depressed eyes and carved mouth. Two pointed ivory tusks are glued into holes each side of mouth. Two metal rods on white plastic? and wood rectangular base (b) correspond to holes on flat underside of walrus head. Rectangular white paper label glued and taped to underside of walrus: "Walrus head by Jamasee Lake Harbour H: 2 1/4; white square paper label: "23". Labels glued and taped to bottom of base: square white paper "23"; circular orange paper "6"; rectangular white/blue paper "139". |
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